Game.



UNITED-- nSTAfrl-:s

PATENT OFFICE.

ALLSEY OSCAR BROlVNIL-OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

GAME.

siSEcIFIcA'IoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 630,485, dated Augusts, 1899. Application filed November 11,1898. Serial No. 690,153. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, ALLSEY OSCAR BROWNE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Louisville,in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky,have made a new and useful Invention in Games, of which the following isa specification. l

My invention has for its object the production of a game which two ormore persons may play and in such manner that by properly combining inrows or lines movable parts, such as dominoes or dice having definitenumbers or indications afixed to them, individual scores may be effectedand a total number of points scored, the first of the players to scoresuch total number being the winner of the game.

The invention will be fully understood by referring to the accompanyingdrawings, in

which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of the board upon which the gameis played, one of the movable parts-to wit, 4double blank--being`illustrated on the board in dotted lines in the,

lower left-hand corner thereof; and Fig.2 is a perspective view of thesame movable part removed or detached from the board.

The board B, as illustrated, is constructed by cutting or otherwiseproducing a series of parallel grooves in a board of the proper lengthand width in such manner as to leave defi-V nite spacing-strips S, S',S2, to S7, inclusive, the two lower strips S6 and S7 being ofsubstantially the same length as the board itself, and the remainingstrips S5, S4, S2, S2, S', and S relatively shorter, as shown. In thespaces between the strips are painted, printed, or otherwise affixedillustrations of the dominoes, dice, or movable parts used in playingthe game, the parts, when domines are used, being arranged preferablyinthe following order. On the lower line, between the strips S6 and S7,the double blank, blank-six, blankfive, blank-four, blank-three,blank-two, and blank-one in succession; between the strips S5 and S6 thedouble six, double five, double four, double three, double two, anddouble one; between the strips- S4 and S5 the sixfive, five-four,four-three, three-two, and twoone; between the strips S'and S? thesixfour, {ive-three, four-two, and three-one; between the strips S2andS3 the six-three, fivetwo, and four-one;` between the strips S and S2the six-two and tive-one, and between the strips S and S the six-one.Upon the six-one, between the strips S and S', is placed the numeral 5.Upon the blank-one, between the strips Ss and S7, is placed the numeral10. Upon the double blank, between the strips SG and S7, are placed thenumerals 15 and 20. At the left of the grooves, between the severalstrips S to S6inclusive, are placed the numerals 15, 20, 30, 35, and 40.At thc bottom of the vertical lines of dominoes are placed from left toright the numerals 20, 25, 30, 35, 30, and 30. At the extreme left ofall of the strips,

in a line parallel with the hypotenuse of the triangle made bytheleft-hand ends of the strips S to S6, inclusive, is placed the numeral C4:0. 37

The numerals 5, 10, and 15 in the several corners of the triangle, madeby the strips S to S7, inclusive, are arbitrary, while the numerals atthe extreme left of the ends of the several rows of dominoes indicate inmultiples of five thesummation of the spots upon the several rows ofdominoes between 'said strips. `at the left` of vthe row between thestrips S' Eand S2, illustrates the nearest multiple of live Eof thesummation of the spots upon the two dominoes six-two and five-one, thenumber To illustrate, 15, the number 2O illustrating in like manner thesummaition of spots on the dominoes between the strips S2 and S3, dac.,the number 20 at the extreme left of the row of dominees between thestrips S6 and S7 illustrating the sum- 'mation of the spots upon thedominoes in :that line.

In like manner the vertical summation of the spots in the extremeright-hand line is 30, in the next adjacent line to the left 30, in thenext adjacent line to the left of that line 35, in the next to the left30, in the next to the left 25, and in the last or extreme left-handvertical line 20.

The number 40 in the line parallel with the hypotenuse of the triangleis an arbitrary number, such that when added to all of the numbersindicated upon the face of the board the total summation will amount to400, which is the arbitrary name I have chosen to give to my novel game.

The game is played, preferably, as follows:

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All of the dominoes'are placed in the box lid or coveror upon a tableface down. and well shuiiied. It` may be played by two or more persons.It' two play, each draws fourteen dominees.' If three play7 each drawsnine dominoes, in which event a single domino will be left over. Thisdomino should be placed upon the smooth part of the board with the spotsup, so as to be played in its regular place when the game has progressedfar enough. If four play, each draws seven dominees. If five play, eachdrawsve dorni-` noes, and the three dominoes left over should be placedspots up upon the smooth part of the board, to be played each at thevery first If six play, each drawsV fou-rv must play first i-n the lowerleft-hand corner/,

and he who plays this domino scores fifteen,

putting the domino in position face up, ask

shown in dottedlines, Fig. l, of the drawings, the same domino beingillustratedin full lines in perspective view Fig. 2.

who first played. This player has three opportunities lto playTto wit,six-blank the domino which should be placed adjacent to double blank, orblank-one in thelowerrighthand corner, which counts ten, or six-one inthe upper right-hand cor-ner, which counts tive. Suppose-blankm-one tobeplayed in the lower -right-handcorner. Then the next playertothe lefthas four possible plays-to wit, blank-six adjacent to the double blank,or two-blank to the left of blank-one, or double one aboveblank-one, orsix-one in the upper right-hand corner, dac.` Should he play six; one,he scores 5. In like manner the gamek proceeds, a play being onlypossible after the three arbitrary dominoelsfdouble blank,

as already indicated, by placing the proper domino adjacent to the rightor left or above or-below, as the case may be, in such manner asto-proceed toward the completion of either a horizontal or ver-ticalline in the proper sequence.

It will often happen that a player may have several dominoes that couldbe played, and it is then at hisoptionY to elect which he shall play. Ofcourse'the players judgment should dictate the best play, or if he 'hasbut one dominowhich can be played that must be played regardless. oftheconsequence. The

o nlychancel for a player to make a count eX- cept' inv the threecornerswherein five, ten, orfifteen is scoredis effected-bycompletingone off the several horizontal orvertical lines.- It will beapparent, therefore, that each player must direct his elorts to thecompletion of "lines by playing a single domino.

' necessitated. It is now the4 turn of the playernext to the left of theone hands of their opponents. bered also that" there is a place forevery such line o r lines as will make thegreatest total score.V He mustnot, however, for any reason withhold a domino with which he hopes to.Vcomplete a line later. If that be the only domino in his hand which canbe played at thattime, the play must be made and the opportunity forfinishing the line left to another.

Sincethe lines of the triangle intersect or cross each other, it will beoften possible to finish two lines and not infrequently three For eX-ample, Suppose that,` the s econdline. or line of doubles needs only thedouble three to com-V plete it, it should be remembered that a line canbe completed anywhere, in the middle as well as at either-end. Supposethat the ninth line, which crossesV the second line at this point, needsonly the double three also for its completion. It is apparent,therefore, that the player who plays the double three in position atthis time will complete thetwo lines-L i namely, the second horizontaland the ninth verticalline-thereb y makin g, a score of 35' It will beobvious that various combina. 1tions of the dominees may be made if thel above orde-r ofl play isollowed and that much goed` judgment as'to theproper play will be The last or thirteenth line, scoringfor the playerthe arbitrary number 40, 'may of course be completed by any one of theseven dominees runningfrom double blankto six-one in' diagonal sequence.

It is to be understood that there is no prescribed order in which any ofthe lines are to be completed, such orderf of' completionbeingentirely dependent upon the caprice or whim of the various players and theirjudgment as tothe possible domineesv held in the Itis to berememdominoandv that eachdominoshpuld b e init's playfput in its properlpositionabove the-like ,t domino painted, printed, orotherwise aiixed to theboard B., the three corner-plays, dou-ble blank,lbla,nkone, and six-one,being the only arbitrary plays allowed. blank-one, and six-one-have beenplayed, l

It may occur during the progress of the game that some, player cannotplay,- inwhich j event I have deemedit advisable that one of theV otherplayers should drawfa domino from the hand of the one unable to play andplace lthe same upon .the board, spots up, to be played in its place as.soon asthe game has progresse'd'farfenough. All dominees` placed spotsup upon the smooth par-t of the board become the com-mon property ofal1-of the players, and: it is the duty ot all alike to watch closelythe progress of vthe game, so that these exposed domi-nfoes may beplayed .at-the iirst opportunity-,.it being required, as before, thatthesedominoes, like those regularlyfplayed, shall only be played` in.their proper fseqllnce or proper position but should the playingeof anysuch exposed domino finish a line or fill a,

corner itfdoes, not count for any player. Af-y ter allof the dominoeshave been placed in IOO IIO

position and the triangle completed they are shuffled as before and thegame proceeds in the same manner until some one of the players makes atotal score of four hundred.

Although I have specifically defined the manner in which I prefer toplay the game, I do not limit myself to any special set of rules, as itis apparent that many modifications of the rules hereinbefore indicatedmay be adopt'- ed and still come within the scope of my invention. Nordo I limit myself to any especial type of device or apparatus foreffecting the result attained, as it is obvious that the same resultmight be attained with the use of ordinary dice by arranging them in thegrooves with the spots of the various denominations up or exposed in thesame manner as are the dominoes; or, in fact, a game of ,similarcharacter might be arranged with common playing-cards, giving to eachindividual type of card-as the king, for instance-a definite valuation,the essence of my invention lying in the arrangement of rows of movableparts, having displayed upon some part of each a definite valuation, sothat when said rows are completed in a predetermined sequence thesummation of the valuations are counted or appropriated to the count ofthe player completing such row or rows.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A game consisting of a board provided with rows of parts havingeach adeiinite numerical Value or indication and permanently arranged in apredetermined sequence, in combination with movable parts having likeindividual valuations or characters and adapted to be placed upon saidfixed rows of parts in a prearranged order, substantially as described.y

2. Agame consisting of aboard orbase having rows of parts of deinitevaluation or in-v dication permanently affixed thereto and arranged in apredetermined sequence, in con1- bination with movable parts of likevaluation or character adapted to be arranged over said fixed parts in adefinite or prearranged order, said fixed rows or parts having summationvalues which count for the player when the movable parts are placed uponthe iixed parts in the definite or prearranged order, substantially asdescribed.

3. A game consisting of a board or base B having painted or otherwiseaffixed to the su rface thereof a set of dominoes in a definite order,in combination with a movable set of dominoes adapted to be placed overthe fixed dominoes in the same order, substantially as described.

A. OSCAR BROIVNE.

Witnesses: y

BENNETT H. YOUNG, DANIEL P. YOUNG.

